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Burning Beaches, The Recks, Khushi and Velvet Stream to play ListLive in London
23 May 2013
The event is the first in a series of London gigs hosted by The List and promoters All Night Long
The List's first London-based live music event is only a week away, and we're pretty darn excited. With ListLive, we aim to embrace any genre of music as long as it's good, and for our debut outing in the UK capital, we've assembled four bands spanning…
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Dreadzone and DJ Greg Wilson announced for Wickerman Festival 2013
23 May 2013
The Vinyl Frontier Outdoor Stage is also back with Dave Dunne, Kid Blast, James Ryan and more
The latest additions to 2013’s Wickerman Festival line-up will include disco legends Chic fronted by prolific producer Nile Rodgers, Glasgow-based folk-pop five-piece Admiral Fallow, electro-dub pioneers Dreadzone and London electro-pop trio…
The cream of Scottish music to play goNORTH 2013
17 May 2013
The creative industries festival features performances from Alarm Bells, Roman Nose and Fat Goth
Important figures from across the creative industries - and more importantly, a heap of great bands - are once again flocking to Inverness for the annual goNORTH festival. There are over 70 live acts already on the bill, many of whom have already caught…
Crate Digging: Richard Fearless selects six of his current favourite tracks
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15 May 2013
DJ and co-founder of Death in Vegas starts new night Drone at Glasgow’s Berkeley Suite
'578’ Gunnar Wendel (FXHE Records) is a stunning, melodic, trance-inducing piece of techno. Lauded by the likes of Mr Andrew Weatherall, it's been remixed by the genius that is Omar S, a man who can do no wrong in my eyes. It's truly sublime, with…
Interview: Basement Jaxx perform at RockNess 2013
15 May 2013
London duo prepare to headline RockNess for a second time
It’s Basement Jaxx effortless ability to bring seemingly disparate elements together that makes them such a fascinating live act. Techno is welded to Latin while house tangos with calypso from the upbeat mania of ‘Red Alert' to the punk funk delirium of…
Toro Y Moi set for 2013 UK tour with third album Anything in Return
15 May 2013
South Carolina's Toro Y Moi on his musical influences and latest album Anything in Return
‘I want to make music that people should hear, not what they want to hear,’ says Chazwick ‘Chaz’ Bundick, the South Carolina native who records a selection of boundary-pressing intelligent dance tracks under the alias Toro Y Moi, amongst many others.
Siobhan Davies Dance: Every Day
15 May 2013
Solo dance act by Siobhan Davies focuses on the daily movements we take for granted
A table, a chair, an umbrella and a stool – ordinary objects we come across on a daily basis. But a new exhibition is asking us to look at those objects, and others, with fresh eyes. Not only that, but a live element will encourage visitors to…
Dance piece Sutra inspired by skills of Shaolin monks
15 May 2013
Breathtaking show performed by 17 Shaolin monks and Ali Thabet
As a young boy, Ali Thabet was fascinated by Kung Fu. So it’s no surprise to hear him say that spending three months in the Shaolin Temple, with some of the finest martial artists in the world, was an ‘incredible and unique’ experience. Belgian dancer…
Julie Brook's made, unmade
15 May 2013
Fascinating multimedia installation calling upon all senses to enter landscapes' wilderness
For this large-scale multimedia collaboration with Dovecot Studios, Julie Brook has attempted to bring the wilderness with her and site it within a darkened gallery space. Although she lives on Skye, it’s the hot desert tones and ambience of her working…
RockNess 2013 Bluffer's Guide
15 May 2013
Guide to the wide array of musical genres present at this year's RockNess
Musical genres can be tricky things at the best of times so here’s out cut out a keep guide in case you find yourself out of your depth while chatting to a musical trainspotter Techno Do Say: ‘While you have to respect the innovations coming out…
Old Vic production of Noises Off set for UK tour
15 May 2013
The play within a play gets a scientific and funny makeover
‘It’s one of the purest farces ever written in the English language,’ is how director Lindsay Posner describes Michael Frayn’s 1982 comedy Noises Off: ‘I do see it as a truly great play.’ Posner’s new touring version of the play celebrates its thirtieth…
A$AP Rocky presents debut album to the UK
15 May 2013
Controversial Harlem hip hop star gets seductive
The good thing about being a rapper is that when you do something idiotic, one of your peers will be along shortly with a different cock-up to steal the limelight. Take A$AP Rocky, the languid and beguiling New York MC and the recent furore over his…
Citizens Theatre conclude season with Caryl Churchill's Far Away and Seagulls
15 May 2013
Dominic Hill stages two contemporary classics
In directing a double bill of Caryl Churchill plays, who bridges the gap between the political plays of the 1970s and the personal tone of contemporary theatre, artistic director of The Citizens Theatre Dominic Hill makes a claim for Seagulls and Far…
Theatre director Emma Callander dicusses the political side of David Greig's Dalgety
15 May 2013
The play will be the first fully staged work from Theatre Uncut
Both Theatre Uncut and David MacLennan, curator of A Play, a Pie and a Pint, have their foundations in populist, political theatre. MacLennan’s history with 7:84 reflects his leftist leanings and, as Theatre Uncut’s co-artistic director Emma Callander…
The Foamy Saliva of a Horse by Carol Bove
15 May 2013
Concise, erudite and illumaniting installation which will absolutely draw you in
This exhibition at The Common Guild presents Carol Bove’s work for the first time in Britain. With an adept and highly poetic consideration of the gallery space, the show displays a variety of found objects, from driftwood, peacock feathers and…
The Middle Place presented by Garry Fabian Miller
15 May 2013
Step into the timelessness of nature captured by the world acclaimed Bristolian photographic artist
The Middle Place is Bristolian photographic artist and gardener Garry Fabian Miller's personal viewing area from which he can eyeball the seasonal synergies which have made him an acclaimed international artist. It's best to start upstairs with this…
Blue Raincoat present The Poor Mouth
10 May 2013
Irish theatre company Blue Raincoat apply eclectic style to Flan O'Brien's absurdist language
In their annual visits to Scotland, Blue Raincoat demonstrate a rare gift for combining spectacular visual theatre and the rigorous demands of a script. The Poor Mouth, the finale of their adaptation of Flann O’Brien’s trilogy of novels, sees the…
Wet Sounds - Glasgow event combines swimming and music
10 May 2013
Float in a pool listening to sounds by Joel Cahen and La Horrox
It’s the most listening fun you can have without electrocuting yourself. You get in the pool. You listen to music either in the water, out of the water or somewhere in between, floating on the surface. There are speakers submerged below you and in the…
AJ Taudevin stages Some Other Mother at Traverse
10 May 2013
Tapping into childrens' eyes and language to raise the topic of asylum seekers
AJ Taudevin's Some Other Mother, about the young daughter of an asylum seeker in a Glasgow high rise, comes from a close and personal place. An activist and worker within the city's asylum seeker community, Taudevin draws from the same material as Cora…
Rebus author Ian Rankin set to launch Lyceum’s 2013/14 programme
30 Apr 2013
The new season features works from Chris Hannan, Tony Cownie and David Haig
A play by Ian Rankin is just one of four world premieres and three new co-productions to be announced as part of the Royal Lyceum Theatre’s new season. Rebus novelist Rankin’s play will launch the season as part of a crime double bill, with Maureen…
Picture gallery - Animation Sketchbooks by Laura Heit
22 Apr 2013
The art book showcases the in-progress ideas from some of the world's most inventive animators
Creating any piece of animation requires a huge amount of work, most of which never finds its way before an audience. Academic and artist Laura Heit aims to change this by presenting the sketches of over 50 contemporary animation luminaries in her new…
Imaginate 2013 puts an emphasis on storytelling through movement
18 Apr 2013
Dance and physical theatre forms a large part of this year's kids' theatre festival
When you’re programming an international festival, language is always going to be important. Will the audience understand the words and dialect? Does it matter? But this year, it’s body language rather than foreign language that’s pre-occupying…
Sophie Kromholz, one of the founders of TYCI, shares the group's Record Store Day plans
18 Apr 2013
The women's collective is hosting performances by Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson and Kitty the Lion
Like many good stories, the tale of TYCI starts in a bar. A group of witty wild things were in the throes of discussion (and beverages of various alcoholic percentages), when the following issue was raised: people still make a really big deal out of…
Theatremakers Damir Todorovic and Kirsty Housley discuss Mayfesto 2013
17 Apr 2013
The political theatre fest will also feature plays from Jenna Watt, Daniel Bye and the Tron Studio
Mayfesto, the Tron’s annual festival of political theatre, takes truth and identity as its focus in 2013. Programme highlights include Flâneurs, Jenna Watt’s Fringe First-winning look at urban violence; The Price of Everything, Daniel Bye’s performance…
Documentary theatre production All the Sex I've Ever Had seeks anecdotal wisdom from the elderly
17 Apr 2013
'People can see one another, and perhaps their elders, in a new and different light'
‘Are you 65 and still thinking about sex?’ was the question the Canadian theatre company Mammalian Diving Reflex used to attract the very first participants for its new project. Aiming to shatter society’s preconceptions, All The Sex I’ve Ever Had…
